"Christies realistic characterizations involve readers vicariously." A SHOCKING ATTACK It began with four U.S. Marines sitting in a Guatemala cafe, drinking beer. They were a security detachment, assigned to protect a diplomatic mission. Nothing unusual at all. Until the gunmen opened fire. When the shooting stopped only one Marine was left alive to tell the tale, a tale that sent shockwaves straight to Capitol Hill. Washington had to know the truth of what happened, and they had to know right away happened. A JUNGLE WAR It was up to Rich Welsh to get to the bottom of it all. Welsh was a former Marine officer himself, now an aide to one of the most powerful senators on the Hill. The senator knew that only Welsh could be trusted to find out what really happened, without the bureaucratic red tape and political whitewash. What no one, including Welsh, knew as he set out on his mission to the jungles of Guatemala was that before he was through, the jungles would run red from fierce hand-to-hand combat and burn with the flames of a battle to protect the world from terror.

Genre: Thriller